CIAO DATE: 06/2009
January 2009
High food prices have brought into sharp focus an existing global food crisis that affects almost one billion people. Lasting solutions to the problem include adequate investment in agriculture, fairer trade, the redistribution of resources, and action on climate change. But hungry people cannot be fed on the hope of long-term solutions.
Resource link: A Billion Hungry People: Governments and aid agencies must rise to the challenge [PDF] - 274K